The Consultants

For other uses, see Consultant (disambiguation).

The Consultants are a comedy sketch team who first reached public prominence in August 2002 where they won the Perrier Best Newcomer Award at the Edinburgh Fringe.

The team, consisting of Neil Edmond, Justin Edwards and James Rawlings, have since recorded four series of comedy shows, also named The Consultants, on BBC Radio 4, featuring an eclectic mix of songs, puns and sketches.

Series list

Series one

No.	Episode No.	Summary	Original airdate
01	1	"A lifestyle presentation conference - and sketch show, with Neil Edmond, Justin Edwards and James Rawlings"	13 February 2003 (2003-02-13)
02	2	"The team ponder how to revamp tea to make it more dangerous and exciting."	20 February 2003 (2003-02-20)
03	3	"The team tackle an unusual case of sexual harassment."	27 February 2003 (2003-02-27)
04	4	"The team wonder why so many men went to 'mow a meadow'."	6 March 2003 (2003-03-06)

Series two

No.	Episode No.	Summary	Original airdate
05	1	"Chesney ends a hostile takeover using marriage."	20 November 2003 (2003-11-20)
06	2	"A complaint about a wonky pram turns serious."	27 November 2003 (2003-11-27)
07	3	"When warding off dark lords, salad is acceptable."	4 December 2003 (2003-12-04)
08	4	"Taking register at stunt school, and Tarzan learns the alphabet."	11 December 2003 (2003-12-11)
09	5	"The Adventure-Bakers make a time-strudel and travel through history."	18 December 2003 (2003-12-18)
10	6	"Crossword challenges and dinner with the devil."	26 May 2004 (2004-05-26)

Series three

No.	Episode No.	Summary	Original airdate
11	1	"Chesney fixes the alphabet, which has a leaky 'e'."	14 December 2004 (2004-12-14)
12	2	"Chesney throws a festive party for his colleagues."	21 December 2004 (2004-12-21)
13	3	"Chesney brings his daughter to work. Or does he?"	28 December 2004 (2004-12-28)
14	4	"The boys of St Battery's get their own back on the school bully."	4 January 2005 (2005-01-04)
15	5	"Chesney is having a crisis of confidence."	11 January 2005 (2005-01-11)
16	6	"Unisex barbers and wrong telephone numbers."	18 January 2005 (2005-01-18)

Series four

No.	Episode No.	Summary	Original airdate
17	1	TBA	18 October 2005 (2005-10-18)
18	2	TBA	25 October 2005 (2005-10-25)
19	3	TBA	1 November 2005 (2005-11-01)
20	4	TBA	8 November 2005 (2005-11-08)
21	5	TBA	15 November 2005 (2005-11-15)
22	6	TBA	22 November 2005 (2005-11-22)

BBC Audiobooks Release

Released in 2003 (Cat no. 056352345x) which contains the first four episodes of the first series.

External links

• The Consultants at radio 4